This song, specially the last three minutes, is seriously the most euphoric music my ears ever had the privilege of receiving. This Holst guy is a sonic wizard, I tell ya.
"Partially because of this, he never wrote an eighth movement"
Incorrect. He never intended to, because Pluto wasn't discovered until several years after he completed the suite--in 1930, four years before his death.
How can music like this be forgotten today when it can make your (or at least my) hair on the back of your neck stand on end? It carries so much power and emotions, it gets to me even when im listening to it through headphones.
I got a chance to play this entire series in high school. Very powwerful music. Definatley one of my favorates to this day. This just has an evil feel to it almost. Very erie in some places. The end bring the resolution though. Good music.
Anyone noticed the 4 notes of the main theme from Waldteufel's Skater's Waltz are in here at 2:17? What an amazing difference in outcome. Waldteufel's Skater's Waltz is so chirpy and lovely. Quite the contrary to Holst where he goes from those same notes to a full on intense uproar of sound. I love it. Holst you master!
This is my favorite movement of the Planets suite. I agree with the comment of it probably being one of the greatest series of music ever written. Thank you.
@youngestmm Many of John Williams' pieces drew heavily on inspiration from The Planets suite and Holst's works. Michael Giacchino, composer for Lost, was a huge fan of John Williams' music, and used it as inspiration for many of his works.
Amazing piece of music. To be honest though, it's too quick. I feel something like Saturn should be slow and brooding. This feels a little rushed, especially in the 5:00~ to 5:45~.
@HarryPotterObsessed7 What a failure of an argument. In terms of logos, in doesn't make much sense to insult the intelligence of the most intelligent known beings. In terms of pathos, very few will respond positively to said insult. In terms of ethos, if your statement were to be believed, you, as a member of the apparently uber-unintelligent species, just lost all credibility.
Gosh, this song reminds me of the time when I was little, my dad and I would watch "Walking With Dinosaurs" ....this song sounds just like the music they played in it. anyone else remember?
My interpretation... yes very "plodding" almost like Holst is bored with certain planets lol... In my opinion he sees more "passion in Venus and Mars" and they are very stirring pieces :)
I love the Planets Suite! But if you listen to it too much this music reminds me of walking behind an old person down the street. Very frustrating. Butthen I take a break from it, then come back and fall in love with it all over again :)
he never based the music off the actuall planets. he based it off the pagan gods, who's names were the ones that named the planets. why else do you think pluto is considered "lord of the underworld". Pluto is just another name people gave Haties.
Its worth mentioning that Holst didn't write The Planets with the actual physical planets in mind as they weren't fully understood at the time. He was referring to the astrological planets that dominate horoscopes and such.
@DieFatorLiveThin You are incorrect. Holst Wrote the "Planets Suite" Based on the actual planets, and the tone of each score was made based off of the mythological figures they are named after.
And by 1914 We had a VERY good knowledge of the planets. Except for Pluto which wasn't discovered till 1930. Neptune, was discovered in 1846. And by the time Holtz composed The Planets, we knew a great deal about the known planets pluto being the only unknown.
@bluntman1138 sorry, a quick check on wikipedia or Grove's dictionary of music explains very clearly that the concept is Astrological, not astronomical, which is why earth is excluded, as it has no astrological sign.
@bluntman1138 How can you say we EVER knew a great deal about the planets? We still don't, and we certainly didn't then. Perhaps we would know more if we didn't focus our attention on developing weapons that could destroy the world ten times over.
@HarryPotterObsessed7 Seriously dude. Since Galileo Humans had a good understanding for the time of many of the planets. You can go back farther up to 2000 years, for the inner planets.
And what i mean by great deal back then was.1 The exsistance of the planet. 2. The orbit of the planets (Galileo helped alot with this.) The inner planets already had their names attributed to them.
You act as if humans a long time ago were idiots. Give some credit to them, the Mayans knew of the innerplanets
@bluntman1138 If you consider a "great deal" of understanding to be the existence of the planets and the orbits of the planets, than I suppose you could be right. But in my opinion, there is absolutely no way that I will consider that to be a great deal of knowledge about the planets.
YES I think we were idiots long ago, and I STILL think we're idiots. On a scale of 1 to 100 in regards to intelligence, we are probably a 0.001. A problem with society is that we can't accept our idiocy.
@HarryPotterObsessed7 DO you have any idea of the math involved with calculating the orbits of the planets? Especially when taking into account early mans overall intellect.
Galileo even observed and calculated a few of the moons he could see with the technology at the time.
So yes, to early man this knowledge was a Great Deal of Knowledge. To even know the existence of them is a good amount of knowledge. And considering there are things they did that we cant proves early man wasnt idiots
Time waits for no one and time always was and always will be. What are we in time or does our time exist in other dimensions of being? There is an ontological question to ponder through the depths of the witching hours of night.
Though I love the piece as a whole, this is probably my least favorite portion of it (followed by Venus); my favorites are Mars, Jupiter, and Neptune, with the latter being my absolute favorite; what about the rest of you?
you dont need to be so pompous and you are not so superior. we all know without your divine intervention that Holst didnt do a Pluto or Earth suite, so! calm down and relax.
for all you ignoramouses who think they know about Holst and the Planets.. Gustav Holst NEVER WROTE A PLUTO SUITE OR AN EARTH SUITE.. several OTHER composers have written and composed these suites but Gustav Holst never wrote on to fit his Planets symphony.. if you want to dispute that... go check your facts.. if its wikipedia.. dont even bother.. if its semi reliable..go check another site..
How could he... Pluto hadn't been discovered by 1916, the year Holst completed The Planets, and Earth isn't one of the planets that influence astrology, which was Holst's starting-point for the whole work.
Just realize that this music is almost a century old, lean back, listen and be baffled...
@mangonit Did you know that Holst resented people of that opinion? He felt that The Planets Suite wasn't his best work and hated how it was what he was known for.
There actually was a Pluto piece written though, not by Holst, and added onto the Suite. But it was taken away once NASA decided Pluto wasn't a planet anymore. Just saying....
@RFCHTO if you watch Disney's Fantasia, the whole dinosaur part is animated to Stavinsky's Rite of Spring. since watching it as a kid, my dinosaur musical reference is that hehe
I studied the planets suite in band. I really like the empowerment you get from the mars, bringer of war. But in jupiter, bringer of jollity, it has that light, but complex feeling of happiness. I love it. I would love to know what everybody else likes.
I love Neptune, the silence and the unseen mystery...being a mystic myself...And I love Venus, it reminds me og intensly green pastures in extreme summer heat silence...
Can anyone tell me the exact recording this is and if it's available on CD? I've sampled several of the ones listed on Amazon but none have the same feel as this one. Thank you.
They remind me of a circle of friends a person has. There's the small quick excited one (Mercury), the peace keeper (Venus), the hot headed one (Mars), the fat jolly one (Jupiter), the older, mature one (Saturn), the crazy attention whore (Uranus) and the shy one (Neptune)
Even though you didn't ask me, I would guess Pluto would be the one who tags along and doesn't really fit in but everyone lets stay because they feel so sorry for them. lol
i didn't think holst wrote a pluto piece. because it wasn't discovered until 16 yrs after the planes suite was written. or were you just talking about planets in general, not the suite?
There actually was a Pluto piece written though, not by Holst, and added onto the Suite. But it was taken away once NASA decided Pluto wasn't a planet anymore. Just saying....
And that Pluto piece was actually a waste of commissioned money. The guy (Colin Matthews) labels himself as a Holst expert, which he is not, or he wouldn't have made what he has made. He completely did *not* understand the fundamentals of The Planest, if he did, he would realize that only Holst could've made that addition.
This piece captures the fear of growing old so perfectly. Wonderful how it slowly builds up to the panic section with the clanging bells from 4.30, before mellowing into acceptance. The ending is so peaceful and incredibly moving. An ideal example of music saying more than words ever can.
I don't that's necessarily true, timothyc3, sure, not many children listen to orchestral music, but neither do a large proportion of adults. I'm a teenager and I enjoy Holst.
I actually first heard this piece as a band member during the 9th grade when our high school band played this selection at our winter concert. That was 16 years ago and I still love it. My first experience with this type of music was actually as a child.
im 15 and dont get me wrong i love rock and some hip hop.. and like most teen age boys im all about rebellion... but i also love classical/orchestral music. with out them rock wouldnt even exist... and classical music, to me, can show more rebellious attitude and anger then any screamo ive ever heard.. atleast witrh this u can sense there angry with out going death i enjoy Holst, Prokofiev, and chopin to name a few.. and on my car radio one of my set stations is the classical station
I'm pretty sure Williams intended these nods to Holst's suite. Otherwise he wouldn't have made them so obvious. It is extremely hard to write classical music that doesn't have some sort of influence these days, yet Williams managed to achieve creating his own style, even if it wasn't established until much later in his career. If you listen to the Star Wars soundtracks in order, you'll notice that the influence from other composers becomes less and less.
There is a pluto, but it was not written by Holst. Pluto was not considered a planet at the time, so he didn't write one. But a different composer wrote one.
For one, everyone knows Earth. The Planets suite was about a musical exploration of satellites unknown to people except in the objective sense.
The music provided a subjective exploration of the satellites in our solar system, partly inspired by the origins of the names of the planets themselves.
This song, specially the last three minutes, is seriously the most euphoric music my ears ever had the privilege of receiving. This Holst guy is a sonic wizard, I tell ya.
fukyous 2 weeks ago
Saturn is my favourite planet other than our Mother Earth. Lovely music.
rainyday219 1 month ago
honestly, if ur going to put a photo for the music, at least make it hd. ive had enough with 240p.
MrBleachrockz 2 months ago
6:05 if I could choose a peaceful song to die to, it would be this part.
MsFart123 3 months ago 3
Anyone have Karajans version on here?
nylonsteel 4 months ago
"Partially because of this, he never wrote an eighth movement"
Incorrect. He never intended to, because Pluto wasn't discovered until several years after he completed the suite--in 1930, four years before his death.
Tokopol 5 months ago
I don't know about anyone else but I can't but help hearing and visualising a gigantic clock going "tick tock" all though this piece.
braeduin 5 months ago 4
@braeduin i see whatcha mean
evelynsmilees 4 months ago
How can music like this be forgotten today when it can make your (or at least my) hair on the back of your neck stand on end? It carries so much power and emotions, it gets to me even when im listening to it through headphones.
ReeseysPieces 6 months ago
the beginning reminds me of a breathing motion.
burninrock24 6 months ago
We should send a probe up to Saturn and see if this song is embedded in the rings, like a giant galactic phonograph record.
rorschachstiffocate 7 months ago 2
I got a chance to play this entire series in high school. Very powwerful music. Definatley one of my favorates to this day. This just has an evil feel to it almost. Very erie in some places. The end bring the resolution though. Good music.
andrewl212 8 months ago
... a wise old sage, honorable Saturn spoke.....
9samten 11 months ago
Perhaps the REAL reason Pluto isn't a recognized planet anymore is because Holst never wrote a song for it...
TendancyToFloatAway 11 months ago 61
@TendancyToFloatAway I honestly wouldn't be surprised...
cjnarfmaster 7 months ago
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Enceladux 1 year ago
I can hear where John Williams got his inspiration for the Ark of the Covenant theme from Raiders.
hawrnball 1 year ago
@hawrnball You can hear a lot of John Williams's work is influenced but the planets.
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Anyone noticed the 4 notes of the main theme from Waldteufel's Skater's Waltz are in here at 2:17? What an amazing difference in outcome. Waldteufel's Skater's Waltz is so chirpy and lovely. Quite the contrary to Holst where he goes from those same notes to a full on intense uproar of sound. I love it. Holst you master!
audioglass 1 year ago
This is my favorite movement of the Planets suite. I agree with the comment of it probably being one of the greatest series of music ever written. Thank you.
murphy456 1 year ago
youngestmm, you mean does the music from lost remind you of this... because this is decades older than lost. =D
xrebornmasterx 1 year ago
First off I love this suite.
Does this remind anyone else of the music from "Lost"?
youngestmm 1 year ago 2
@youngestmm Many of John Williams' pieces drew heavily on inspiration from The Planets suite and Holst's works. Michael Giacchino, composer for Lost, was a huge fan of John Williams' music, and used it as inspiration for many of his works.
TendancyToFloatAway 1 year ago
The ultimate concept album. Liked this for it's eerie feel.
joethfc 1 year ago
Amazing piece of music. To be honest though, it's too quick. I feel something like Saturn should be slow and brooding. This feels a little rushed, especially in the 5:00~ to 5:45~.
mmoynan 1 year ago
@mmoynan You know, I thought so too. I think there's another version on Youtube that's better.
daregularperson 1 year ago
Saturn is so creepy, but I like it!
teenqueen192 1 year ago
How is it these movements seem to attract the argumentative? Can we please just enjoy the music people?
NuGhost 1 year ago 3
talking about Galileo is invalid seeing as he died in January 1642 and these songs were written between 1914 and 1916 as it says in the description.
i think that bringer of war/peace are holst's two best :D
vadforta 1 year ago
@HarryPotterObsessed7 What a failure of an argument. In terms of logos, in doesn't make much sense to insult the intelligence of the most intelligent known beings. In terms of pathos, very few will respond positively to said insult. In terms of ethos, if your statement were to be believed, you, as a member of the apparently uber-unintelligent species, just lost all credibility.
RenegadeSalmon 1 year ago
HarryPotterObessed7 = LIBERAL
steth427 1 year ago
midsection sounds appocaliptic... but the coolest version of it ever
alery998 1 year ago
Such a menacing piece... Masterfully powerful, as well, and emotional...
This is one of my favorites...
JoeDaPokemonMasta1 1 year ago 2
Gosh, this song reminds me of the time when I was little, my dad and I would watch "Walking With Dinosaurs" ....this song sounds just like the music they played in it. anyone else remember?
77GRUNT 1 year ago 3
I recall the series, amazingly made
sebas379 1 year ago
@sebas379 wasn't it? I have to dig those up and watch'em again. Those were way too fun.
77GRUNT 1 year ago
que lido
criko05 1 year ago
My interpretation... yes very "plodding" almost like Holst is bored with certain planets lol... In my opinion he sees more "passion in Venus and Mars" and they are very stirring pieces :)
AlfaMadDog11 1 year ago
@AlfaMadDog11 actually holst stated that "saturn" was his favourite piece ;)
xxxGandhixxx 1 year ago
@xxxGandhixxx I wasn't knocking any of the pieces, I just noticed someone use the word 'plodding' earlier in these comments.
Thats neat, I didn't know that! Thank you :D
AlfaMadDog11 1 year ago
i think the tempo should be lower. the plodding, stomping effect becomes much more dramatic.
MrZingnigga 1 year ago
I love the Planets Suite! But if you listen to it too much this music reminds me of walking behind an old person down the street. Very frustrating. Butthen I take a break from it, then come back and fall in love with it all over again :)
theBRAVEreepicheep 1 year ago
@theBRAVEreepicheep
I like to think of this movement as an old man on his deathbed, drawing ever nearer to annihilation.
freshhh1994 1 year ago
anyone else notice how similar parts of this song are to Mahler's symphony no. 5 (Adagietto)? Or am I just imagining things...
payn0094 1 year ago
haties? Hades, methinks. Also known as Peckham.
robinoi 1 year ago 2
@robinoi
Ur right. =)
SonicRush123 1 year ago
@robinoi ahhahahaah :) youre funny
summersomnia 1 year ago
he never based the music off the actuall planets. he based it off the pagan gods, who's names were the ones that named the planets. why else do you think pluto is considered "lord of the underworld". Pluto is just another name people gave Haties.
earthnstuff69 1 year ago
@earthnstuff69 Pluto was written by Colin Matthews 66 years after Holst died.
TheIndanity 1 year ago
@earthnstuff69 I've never understood the term pagan. It always had a negative connotation with me.
Glitch5222 1 year ago
Its worth mentioning that Holst didn't write The Planets with the actual physical planets in mind as they weren't fully understood at the time. He was referring to the astrological planets that dominate horoscopes and such.
DieFatorLiveThin 1 year ago
@DieFatorLiveThin You are incorrect. Holst Wrote the "Planets Suite" Based on the actual planets, and the tone of each score was made based off of the mythological figures they are named after.
And by 1914 We had a VERY good knowledge of the planets. Except for Pluto which wasn't discovered till 1930. Neptune, was discovered in 1846. And by the time Holtz composed The Planets, we knew a great deal about the known planets pluto being the only unknown.
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@bluntman1138 sorry, a quick check on wikipedia or Grove's dictionary of music explains very clearly that the concept is Astrological, not astronomical, which is why earth is excluded, as it has no astrological sign.
DieFatorLiveThin 1 year ago
@bluntman1138 How can you say we EVER knew a great deal about the planets? We still don't, and we certainly didn't then. Perhaps we would know more if we didn't focus our attention on developing weapons that could destroy the world ten times over.
HarryPotterObsessed7 1 year ago 3
@HarryPotterObsessed7 Seriously dude. Since Galileo Humans had a good understanding for the time of many of the planets. You can go back farther up to 2000 years, for the inner planets.
And what i mean by great deal back then was.1 The exsistance of the planet. 2. The orbit of the planets (Galileo helped alot with this.) The inner planets already had their names attributed to them.
You act as if humans a long time ago were idiots. Give some credit to them, the Mayans knew of the innerplanets
bluntman1138 1 year ago
@bluntman1138 If you consider a "great deal" of understanding to be the existence of the planets and the orbits of the planets, than I suppose you could be right. But in my opinion, there is absolutely no way that I will consider that to be a great deal of knowledge about the planets.
YES I think we were idiots long ago, and I STILL think we're idiots. On a scale of 1 to 100 in regards to intelligence, we are probably a 0.001. A problem with society is that we can't accept our idiocy.
HarryPotterObsessed7 1 year ago
@HarryPotterObsessed7 DO you have any idea of the math involved with calculating the orbits of the planets? Especially when taking into account early mans overall intellect.
Galileo even observed and calculated a few of the moons he could see with the technology at the time.
So yes, to early man this knowledge was a Great Deal of Knowledge. To even know the existence of them is a good amount of knowledge. And considering there are things they did that we cant proves early man wasnt idiots
bluntman1138 1 year ago
Whenever I study for school or am working on something, I listen to the entire suite and my work improves. The greatest piece of music ever produced,
PhoenixEntertain 1 year ago
It's a very interesting project which has inspired John Williams to his Star Wars theme among others...
jabajabamaster 1 year ago
Time waits for no one and time always was and always will be. What are we in time or does our time exist in other dimensions of being? There is an ontological question to ponder through the depths of the witching hours of night.
41SW1698 1 year ago
What are the instruments played at 2:57 creating this sound wall (of majesticy)?
iamsnail 1 year ago
@iamjoepierce
It's 'ignoramus', not 'ignoramouse'.
jpjeffery 1 year ago
@jpjeffery
Well said!
MaladisAT 1 year ago
Though I love the piece as a whole, this is probably my least favorite portion of it (followed by Venus); my favorites are Mars, Jupiter, and Neptune, with the latter being my absolute favorite; what about the rest of you?
Chrshonore 1 year ago
Dear iamjoepierce
you dont need to be so pompous and you are not so superior. we all know without your divine intervention that Holst didnt do a Pluto or Earth suite, so! calm down and relax.
davemcteer 1 year ago 7
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SHERIFCHIK 1 year ago
for all you ignoramouses who think they know about Holst and the Planets.. Gustav Holst NEVER WROTE A PLUTO SUITE OR AN EARTH SUITE.. several OTHER composers have written and composed these suites but Gustav Holst never wrote on to fit his Planets symphony.. if you want to dispute that... go check your facts.. if its wikipedia.. dont even bother.. if its semi reliable..go check another site..
iamjoepierce 2 years ago 6
Maybe you should use periods instead of ellipsis... just saying...
ireallydontcare1080 1 year ago
How could he... Pluto hadn't been discovered by 1916, the year Holst completed The Planets, and Earth isn't one of the planets that influence astrology, which was Holst's starting-point for the whole work.
Just realize that this music is almost a century old, lean back, listen and be baffled...
thexoldxman 1 year ago
thats my point.. he couldnt have..
iamjoepierce 1 year ago
@RebmaBoss Colin Matthews worte a piece about Pluto for the suite, but it sounds much more as Matthews than Holst...
aguador67 2 years ago
Um, love, that's not FOR Pluto, it's for Saturn. In fact, Holst never wrote a suite for Pluto.
magpiethebrave 2 years ago 4
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Yeh magpie he DID make a 1 for pluto go lookie it up :3 it on here
Sasorixsuli 2 years ago
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just not on this playlist...
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this reminds me of indiana jones score
guylo88 2 years ago
Planets suite - probably the greatest series of music ever written in my opinion.
mangonit 2 years ago 80
Difficult to contest that view!
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@mangonit I agree. It's so incredible.
Tiffawesomeness 2 years ago
@mangonit Totally agree!
singsomuch 1 year ago
@mangonit in your opinion?
GoatDaddyVersion2 1 year ago
@mangonit Did you know that Holst resented people of that opinion? He felt that The Planets Suite wasn't his best work and hated how it was what he was known for.
RoboRobotnik 1 year ago
@mangonit
indeed
castanheira83 1 year ago
nah pirates of the caribbean by Hans Zimmer
spideymost 6 months ago
Bst saturn Version is by Ed Starink from the 4cd album "Music from outer space" it has alot more features.
Verdantia 2 years ago
4:20 onward is amazing
AdamDLDixon 2 years ago 2
The ending to this is just incredible - utterly incredible.
strawhattedman 2 years ago 4
fitting!
Sapphiregriffin 2 years ago
I love this piece. I never realized that the movie The Black Hole 1979 sort of stole Holst's Saturn. Especially the beginning.
averyms 2 years ago
Holst had a house in my town, there's a plaque by the river
IQuiteLikeCookies 2 years ago
There actually was a Pluto piece written though, not by Holst, and added onto the Suite. But it was taken away once NASA decided Pluto wasn't a planet anymore. Just saying....
MusikFreak99 2 years ago
seems a little fast to me
seanbone54 2 years ago
Why was it he never wrote an Earth?
akkiunderling 2 years ago
Because the concept of the suite was based on astrology instead of astronomy.
CharlieBladeRemus 2 years ago
Because its loosely inspired by Roman Mythos and Astronomy, of which there was no "Earth god" and at the time there was also not a planet Pluto
Jacobeodom 2 years ago
because he didn't know what earth looked like
thecandyman86 2 years ago
Opening reminds me of the soundtrack from the origional Alien movie.
Nemacyst117 2 years ago
EPIC...
UnknownHazard95 2 years ago
Epic tune... Holst's "Planets" is surely one of the finest pieces ever written!
This tune, as strange as it may sounds, it reminds me of a swamp or a river crossed by an herd of dinosaurs... Very atmospheric indeed.
RFCHTO 2 years ago 41
"Holst's "Planets" is surely one of the finest pieces ever written!"
I second that!
Manmeat15678845 2 years ago
@RFCHTO if you watch Disney's Fantasia, the whole dinosaur part is animated to Stavinsky's Rite of Spring. since watching it as a kid, my dinosaur musical reference is that hehe
elroymanic 1 year ago 2
@RFCHTO brings the quality of crossing the swamp is sort of unsure of what is next which is what growing old is :P
jay0088 1 year ago
I always thought a good film would have been with Holst Jupiter with the creation story. I dont why just did.
babyycat 2 years ago
It's my favorite too. Did you know that it was also Holst's personal favorite?
CharlieBladeRemus 2 years ago
I was just wondering which one was his favorite! Thanks for the info :]
00GreyEyedGirl00 2 years ago
This is probably Leonard Bernstein directing... look for that CD
pyewaquet 2 years ago
This is the recording of Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age, which is part of Gustav Holst's, The Planet Suite Op. 32.
mindbender421 2 years ago
I studied the planets suite in band. I really like the empowerment you get from the mars, bringer of war. But in jupiter, bringer of jollity, it has that light, but complex feeling of happiness. I love it. I would love to know what everybody else likes.
mindbender421 2 years ago
I love Neptune, the silence and the unseen mystery...being a mystic myself...And I love Venus, it reminds me og intensly green pastures in extreme summer heat silence...
JolPil 2 years ago
Can anyone tell me the exact recording this is and if it's available on CD? I've sampled several of the ones listed on Amazon but none have the same feel as this one. Thank you.
smittyworld 2 years ago
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DeborahIsreal 2 years ago
My highschool did a condensed version of The Planets for our marching show this year... I have to say, it's amazing music...
dlidebbieild 2 years ago 2
We did, too.... Haha. We're either in the same marching band, or this is a crazy coincidence.
TheCommaChick 2 years ago
At first I thought the recording was quite . . .
3transfat 2 years ago
We have so funny planets in our solar system :)) They are so interesting...
korszet 2 years ago 5
They remind me of a circle of friends a person has. There's the small quick excited one (Mercury), the peace keeper (Venus), the hot headed one (Mars), the fat jolly one (Jupiter), the older, mature one (Saturn), the crazy attention whore (Uranus) and the shy one (Neptune)
00GreyEyedGirl00 2 years ago 6
Heh, that does make sense...lol
Just curious, which one would Pluto be?
CharlieBladeRemus 2 years ago
Even though you didn't ask me, I would guess Pluto would be the one who tags along and doesn't really fit in but everyone lets stay because they feel so sorry for them. lol
longboardluva 2 years ago 3
i didn't think holst wrote a pluto piece. because it wasn't discovered until 16 yrs after the planes suite was written. or were you just talking about planets in general, not the suite?
XsNaReLiNe09X 2 years ago
Yeah, Holst didn't write a piece for Pluto...and yeah, I was kinda talking about the planets in general, lol
CharlieBladeRemus 2 years ago
ah ok lol. my bad
XsNaReLiNe09X 2 years ago
There actually was a Pluto piece written though, not by Holst, and added onto the Suite. But it was taken away once NASA decided Pluto wasn't a planet anymore. Just saying....
MusikFreak99 2 years ago
And that Pluto piece was actually a waste of commissioned money. The guy (Colin Matthews) labels himself as a Holst expert, which he is not, or he wouldn't have made what he has made. He completely did *not* understand the fundamentals of The Planest, if he did, he would realize that only Holst could've made that addition.
mvsmsx 2 years ago 5
In other words, a fan-made piece of shite
moderjoker 2 years ago
do you know where i can find that piece i need it for home work
p.s sorry if im bumping your comment
majorsmask 2 years ago
The small scrawny one who got his ass kicked out for bein so small
akkiunderling 2 years ago
I love this piece because it conveys the inevitability of time.
erinpwnerer 2 years ago 4
This piece captures the fear of growing old so perfectly. Wonderful how it slowly builds up to the panic section with the clanging bells from 4.30, before mellowing into acceptance. The ending is so peaceful and incredibly moving. An ideal example of music saying more than words ever can.
whouster 2 years ago 4
Ex: Mars.. or The Montegues and Capulets by Prokofiev... or A night on bald mountain
beans621 2 years ago
didnt discovery channel use parts of this song in the series "Walking with Dinosaurs"
beans621 2 years ago
This is my favorite planet by far
anonymous1101101 2 years ago
I love the bit from 7.00 it just sounds so final and epic. In my opinion this is the best piece of classical music ever.
taylog03 2 years ago 2
magnificent
irishjanet 2 years ago 2
Sorry, my english is very bad. Wich orchestra?, and which director?
Nimenicamine01 3 years ago
I like how part of it sounds like a grandfather clock.
svendis91 3 years ago 3
Very powerful
svendis91 3 years ago
Williams also likes to take from Wagner.
astrophysicistCUboul 3 years ago
Je prefere Venus
Celle la (saturne)me stressent un peu
kiichOuw 3 years ago
this peice of music will be enjoyed by adults more than children
timothyc3 3 years ago
I don't that's necessarily true, timothyc3, sure, not many children listen to orchestral music, but neither do a large proportion of adults. I'm a teenager and I enjoy Holst.
kdmw 3 years ago
Me too :)
svendis91 3 years ago
Holst is amazing!
erinpwnerer 2 years ago
I actually first heard this piece as a band member during the 9th grade when our high school band played this selection at our winter concert. That was 16 years ago and I still love it. My first experience with this type of music was actually as a child.
teddyallen 3 years ago
omg i'm playing mars in my 9th grade band! that's how i got to these!
14music94 2 years ago
im 15 and dont get me wrong i love rock and some hip hop.. and like most teen age boys im all about rebellion... but i also love classical/orchestral music. with out them rock wouldnt even exist... and classical music, to me, can show more rebellious attitude and anger then any screamo ive ever heard.. atleast witrh this u can sense there angry with out going death i enjoy Holst, Prokofiev, and chopin to name a few.. and on my car radio one of my set stations is the classical station
beans621 2 years ago 9
i dont know i think that the jupiter is the best
ironhidejoe 3 years ago
My favorite one
anonymous1101101 3 years ago
omg Williams totally riped this off in one of those starwars songs. i think its the tatooine one.
frozensnakee 3 years ago
yeah he did, but he was actually asked to by the makers of the movie.
plmko187187 3 years ago
oh ok. thanks for the fun fact.
frozensnakee 3 years ago
Williams took A TON from the planets suite
just liestne to the original 3 episodes and then listen to the planets and you can tell just how much influence these had on it
tapbamtap 3 years ago
yea but it is just too obvious in this one.
frozensnakee 3 years ago
He also ripped off Mars once, but, again, he was told to. I think it was for the death star.
IAmJeffWest 3 years ago
they may as well have just used the original Planets Suite at that rate
frozensnakee 3 years ago 2
I'm pretty sure Williams intended these nods to Holst's suite. Otherwise he wouldn't have made them so obvious. It is extremely hard to write classical music that doesn't have some sort of influence these days, yet Williams managed to achieve creating his own style, even if it wasn't established until much later in his career. If you listen to the Star Wars soundtracks in order, you'll notice that the influence from other composers becomes less and less.
Eversica 3 years ago 2
I thought he based that off Rite of Spring. It's closer.
happycola64 3 years ago
Dinosaurs?
tomaccogoats 3 years ago
the song starts with empty chords, then gets louder, then faster. just like age! and i love the mad tolling of the bells!
plmko187187 3 years ago
At the beginning, the flute and plucking of the strings are supposed to represent a ticking clock. Sort of cool to me.
dominickkk5 3 years ago
Sounds like "Walking with Dinosaurs" or something. Gustav Holst was pure genius, to say the least.
Resistanceband 3 years ago 2
love the part following 3:00. amazing chord structures.
oklahomieiswin 3 years ago
the suite is supposed to be more astrological than astronomical which is why Earth isnt included
jrfan6192 3 years ago
amazing,brill,cool,exelant exspeshaly jupiter.
abborocks13 3 years ago
are you american, or english?
hut765 3 years ago
does it matter?
plmko187187 3 years ago
i wish there was pluto.
dylancool2 3 years ago
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abborocks13 3 years ago
There is a pluto, but it was not written by Holst. Pluto was not considered a planet at the time, so he didn't write one. But a different composer wrote one.
Phillis726 3 years ago 2
It was discovered 4 years before his death. He didn't want to write another symphony since he believed it would demean his past works.
SirAwesomesauce 3 years ago
Here's a little interesting tidbit.
Although the audience at the premiere of this suite was most moved by Neptune, Gustav Holst was most moved by Saturn.
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TheAngelOfMusic1 3 years ago
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where's earth? common, there HAS to be an earth? Right?
solarlunarxiii 3 years ago
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I think it is the fourth movement?
Shaviv 3 years ago
its the fifth
dylancool2 3 years ago
No. Holst did not include Earth in his "Planets" Composition
ryanequalselite 3 years ago 3
There is no Earth movement in the Planets suite.
For one, everyone knows Earth. The Planets suite was about a musical exploration of satellites unknown to people except in the objective sense.
The music provided a subjective exploration of the satellites in our solar system, partly inspired by the origins of the names of the planets themselves.
Watcher3223 3 years ago 4
spooky music
craziebanana1234 3 years ago